Victor Milán
{{Short description|US science fiction writer (1954–2018)}}
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| death_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
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Victor Woodward Milán (August 3, 1954{{cite web |url=http://locusmag.com/2018/02/victor-milan-1954-2018/ |title=Victor Milán (1954-2018)}} – February 13, 2018{{cite web |url=https://grrm.livejournal.com/562773.html |title=Another Ace Falls |last=grrm|date=13 February 2018}}) was an American writer known for libertarian science fiction and an interest in cybernetics.
Life and career
Milán was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In 1986 Milán won the Prometheus Award for Cybernetic Samurai.Heck, Peter J. (March 25, 1990). "Battle of the Titans", The Washington Post, p. L10. He has also written several shared universe works for the Forgotten Realms, Star Trek, BattleTech and Wild Cards series. He has also written books under the pseudonyms Richard Austin (Jove Books "The Guardians" series), Robert Baron (Jove Books "Stormrider" series), and S. L. Hunter ("Steele" series with Simon Hawke, who used the pen name J. D. Masters). He also wrote at least nine novels under the "house name" of James Axler for the Harlequin Press/Gold Eagle Books "Deathlands" and "Outlanders" series.{{cite web |url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/james-axler/ |title=James Axler |publisher=Fantasticfiction.co.uk |access-date=5 January 2018}} He has published almost 100 novels and numerous short stories.
Milán was also known as the longtime masquerade emcee of Archon, the multi-genre convention held annually in Collinsville, Illinois.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Victor Milán died February 13, 2018, in Albuquerque, New Mexico after a battle with cancer.
Bibliography
= Stand-alone novels=
- Western (1981)
- Runespear (1987) with Melinda M. Snodgrass
- Red Sands (1992)
- CLD: Collective Landing Detachment (1995)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180416204110/http://victormilan.com/Bio Bio at Victor Milán's home page]
- {{isfdb name|id=Victor_Milan|name=Victor Milán}}
- [http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/milan_victor Victor Milán] at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- [http://www.o-love.net/realms/auth_mil.html Victor Milán at Forgotten Realms]
- {{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net:80/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=4938|title=Victor Milán :: Pen & Paper RPG Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050121031555/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=4938|archive-date=January 21, 2005|access-date=July 23, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
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